Tuesday's Notebook

July 2, 1986

Commissioner Peter Ueberroth has rejected a claim by the Blue Jays that the Atlanta Braves violated tampering rules in signing former Toronto manager Bobby Cox last season. Richard Levin, a spokesman at the commissioner's office: ''Basically, there wasn't enough direct evidence to support a tampering charge. But it should also be pointed out that, in the finding, the commissioner's office also warned the Braves and all other clubs not to use any of their related companies as a vehicle to commit tampering or as a way of camouflaging it.'' The Blue Jays maintained that the Braves were guilty of tampering because the team's interest in Cox had been leaked during the pennant stretch last season by the media, specifically the Cable News Network -- owned by the Turner Communications that also controls the Braves.